Glove-fastener



(No Model.)

S. FLORSHEIVM-l GLOVE FASTENBR.

No.v 356,310. I Patented @11-18.1887.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON FLORSHEIM, OF CHICAGO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS H. BALL, OFAURORA, ILLINOIS.

eLovE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,310l dated January18, 188'7.

(No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SIMON FLoiesHErM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Oook and State of lllinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove-Fasteners, whichare fully set forth in the following specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan View of aglove having my improved fastening applied thereto; Fig. 2, a detailsectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken through the upper orfastening stud; Fig. 3, a detail view of the hook on the end of theglove-lace, and Fig. 4 a detail View` of a modified form ofclamping-plug.

Like letters refer to .like parts in all the tigures of the drawings. Y

My invention relates to lacing and finishing devices for gloves andother like articles, being in the nature of an improvement upon thefastening set forth in an application iiled by me December l, 1884,Serial No. 149,274;` and it consists in certain novel features, which Iwill now proceed to describe, and then specically point out in theclaims.

In the drawings, A represents a glove, provided with the usual slit, c,to permit its being drawn over the hand while putting on. Along eachedge of the slit, and extendingy almost to the upper end thereof, arearranged lacingstuds B, preferably constructed in the manner set forthin my application hereinbefore mentioned, although any approved form ofstud may be used. Through these studs passes a lacing-cord, O, the endsof which are united, so as to make the said lacing-cord practically anendless one. Both portions of the cord pass through the last stud B ofthe series, the said stud being located nearest tothe upper end of theslit c, leaving a portion of the said slit, as shown at a', abovethesaid stud unprovided with lacing-studs.

D indicates a conical split clamping-plug, constructed substantially asset forth in my application hereinbefore mentioned, through which plugboth portions of the lacing-cord C pass. This plug may be constructedeither as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings or as shown in Fig. 4, inwhich the slot d in the plug extends from the head thereof along thebodyof the plug instead of from the opposite end. The perforation b in thestud B is of such dirnenA sions that when the plug D is inserted in thesaid perforations and forced home it will be clamped upon thelacing-cord C, which passes through it, in such a manner as to preventany motion of the said cord through the stud or lu p Iii glove-fastenersof this description the lacing-cordis always constructed of a muchgreater length than would be necessary to form that portion ofthe cordwhich passes through the lacing-studs when the glove is closed upon thehand, in order that when the glove is to be opened there will be asufficient amount of slack to the laci 11g-cord to permit the two edgesof the slit a to be widely separated in order to remove the glove.Heretofore, owing to the fact that the fastening device for securing thelace was located at the lower end of the series of studs, it has beendifcult to properly dispose of the slack of the lacing-cord when theglove is closed. With my improved construction, in' which the fasteningdevice is located at the upper end of the series of lacing-studs that isto say, at the point represented by the stud B in the drawings-*l amenabled to place this slack within the glove at the palm of the hand atthat portion of the gloveslit lettered a in the drawings, where it willbe effectually concealed from sight and will-be out of the way, so asnot to catch upon the dress or upon other objects when the glove isbeing worn.

E indicates a hook, which may be attached to the upper end of theglove-lace and becaught over that portion of the lace between any two ofthe lacing-studs, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, in order that thisend of the lace may be readily accessible to remove it from the interiorof the glove when it is desired to remove the glove from the hand.

F/indicates a hand-grasp applied to the-op-v posite end of theglove-lace for convenience in holding the same when itis desired to drawthe lace through the studs preparatory to removing the glove. These twoparts also act to prevent the lace from being drawn unequally throughthe different sets of lacing studs through which its two portions pass,it being IOC evident that when the glove is finally closed, as shown inFig. l ofthe drawings, the handgrasp F will come between the two endstuds of the series adjacent thereto, and thereby determine the positionassumed by the lace.

It is obvious that although l have shown my preferred f'orm of fasteningas consisting of the conical split eli'imping-plug shown and describedin my application hereinbel'ore specified, any other approved i'orm offastening device may be employed in its stead, the essential featurebeing the location of this fastening device in such a positiourelativelyto the lacing studs of the glove-slit a that after the lace is drawntight and the glove closed the slack of the lace will be fastenedimmediately adjacent to the upper portion, a', ofthe slit a, into whichit may be placed, as hereinbefore described. It

is also obvious that various modifications in the detailsof constructionmay be made without departing from the principle of my invention, and Itherefore do not wish to be understood as limiting myself strictly tothe precise details hereinbefore described, and shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The eonibination,with a glove, of a series of lacing-studs arrangedalong the edges of the wrist-slit therein, a lacing-cord, and afastening device for securing the lacing-cord at or near the upper endof the said Wristslitpvhereby the slack or superfluous cord may beplaced within the glove at the palin of the hand, sub stantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the glove A, having slit a, of a series oflacing-studs arranged along the edges ofthe said slit, a lacing-cordthrough the said studs, and a conical split clamping-plug surroundingthe said lacingcord and adapted to be vclamped on the cord by insertionin the stud B at the upper end of the said series, substantially as andfor the purposes specified. u

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